I Really Love Your... Shandles

Call them by their brand name "Keens", or their cheaper Skecher knock-offs. Whatever brand they are, you must now refer to them as "shandles" (a conjunction of shoes and sandals). Are they shoes? Are they sandles?

I thought I would be cool this weekend, and wear my new Skechers for our party. Lisa's friends were commenting about my footwear. Apparently, they are not so in tune with the chic fashion of the hiking weekend warrior. They were almost mocking my shandles. They might not understand the necessity of the shandles' function. My feet and footwear operate at a higher humidity than most normal people, so I appreciate the ventilation of the sandle. However, when I wear my Tevas, I fear that I might rip off my toenail (kinda like what the gremlins do in that toenail fungus commercial), so I appreciate the toe gauntlet of the shandles. So, mock me if you will, I love my shandles.

The height of fashion now is to wear your shandles with your cutoff jorts.
"We REALLY love your Jorts!!"

-J